Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy

Hi,

Fascinating. But for those of us who write space opera and want our ships to travel between the stars in a reasonable amount of time there is no getting it right. Not if you accept relativity. All the ways around the light speed barrier are really just fudge factors. At some point we just have to accept it and move on.

Cheers, Greg.

 

Also there's a billion things we don't know about light speed and we're still debating on it being a barrier and if light has a constant speed or not

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Hi Pen,

Michael C didn't fudge stuff at all. He completely ignored the fact that fossils contain no organic material. But it was still a good story - which is sort of my point. Sometimes good science fiction has to be based on well known science falsehoods.

Cheer, Greg.

 

Its certainly the kind of page I'm interested in. Thanks for sharing!

 

You never know how much you need something until it's staring you right in the face. Thanks for this resource, Ireth! I'm gonna have a lot of fun with this!